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I quickly realize what I just did and I lean back into my seat wishing to be sucked into the seat farther. I look over at Hazel and she's still looking at me. That makes me sink farther into my seat maybe not into into the seat but closer to the floor. How I know this is because the seat belt is way higher than it should have been. "Are you okay over there?" Hazel says with confusion in her voice. "No, not really." I say which is very much the truth. "Why?" "Tired and embarrassed." "Why are you embarrassed?" "I shouldn't have kissed you, I don't even know if you're actually taken or not and... and..." "It's okay, I'm not taken. And what though?" "Oh, nothing." I say which is a lie because what I would have said if I had more courage was and I like you. I struggled to get back up right in my seat but after a while I manage to.
"Which way to your house?" Hazel says taking me out of my staring at nothing state. "Oh, just turn left from here, I'll tell when you get by my house." I say letting out a little yawn. I check the car's clock and it says eleven fifty. Damn, I've been away from home for a long time. Hazel turns left like I said. "Okay, right here." I say pointing a house ahead of the one we are driving by. "Alright." She says pulling into the driveway. Victor sitting on the deck with someone other than my sister, I can tell this because Crystal is upstairs with one of her friends and because the person next to him is another guy. My mother comes out the door as Hazel turns off her car. I start grabbing my bags but I'm not able to grab all three of them. "I'll come back to get my other bag." "I can grab it for you, if you want." "Oh, sure. Thank you." "Your welcome, I probably would have done it even if you said not to." "See, this is the reason you're my best friend." "And you're mine Leigh."
"Ready?" I ask, this is Hazel's first time meeting my family. "Uh huh." She says nodding her head in a yes motion. We get out and close the doors. Victor stands up and looks over at us. "Look who finally decides to join us." He says laughing. "Glad you could make it home safe." My mom says with a smile, did none of them go to sleep? I nod to my mom as a reaction to her statement. Hazel and I are able to walk onto the deck before my mom says. "Nice to meet you um, Leigh's friend." "Nice to meet you too ma'am, I'm Hazel by the way." "Nice to meet you Hazel." I just stand awkwardly by the place where Victor and the person are sitting. I zone out of Hazel's and my moms conversation. As I do I feel a hand move up my leg so instinctively I jump out of the way. I look over to where the hand was and I see that it was the person next to Victor and that person being Andrew. This guy needs to stop I've already turned him down, dodged his kiss multiple times, and now he's resorting to touching me.
"Hey mom, Hazel and I are going to bring my bags to my room." I say wanting to get away from Andrew, I'll have to watch out for him who knows what else he'll do. "Okay sweetheart." My mom says and I almost literally run into the house. The house is unusually loud with the music and TV on, were they throwing a party? That would explain the people Victor and Crystal have over and why my parents are still up. I lead Hazel up the stairs to my room. Once in my room I lean against the wall and breathe out. "What's wrong?" Hazel asks. "Andrew's here." I say still leaning against the wall but I close my eyes. "What happened?" "He slide his hand along my thigh." I say opening my eyes and I find her looking, I don't know she had many emotions on her face. After a little bit of silence I say. "We can put my bags in the closet." "Okay." She says following me to my closet. I put my bags down and go to turn around. As I do, I didn't realize Hazel was right there and so we find ourselves close very close. I mean like breasts to breasts, abdominal to abdominal, and you know what I mean very close. I'm speechless and I can't move, I've haven't been in this situation before.
"You home Leigh?" I hear Crystal ask opening the door. "Oh, yeah." I say backing away from Hazel and walking out of the closet. I look back and see Hazel putting my bag down in the same area as I put the other bags. "I'm glad you made it home safe." Crystal says with a smile. Then Hazel walks over to me. "Oh, am I interrupting something." She says looking between Hazel and I. "Crystal!" I say in shock by what she's insinuating, my cheeks heat up almost instantly. I look over at Hazel and I can't see how she's so calm about it. "Hazel, sorry for my sister!" "Oh, no it's alright." Hazel says still calm while I feel like I'm dying on the inside. "I love how you guys didn't deny it." Crystal says which makes me want to shove my face into my pillow and scream. Hazel walks closer to me and puts her arm around my shoulder. "No we weren't doing anything, unfortunately for us we are both still single and not in the act." Hazel says this coolly as if it's nothing, I on the other hand.... I need to get out of here to stop being so embarrassed. "Excuse me." I say in as in the polite way to say I need to get out of here.
I walk out of my room, but run to the back deck which happens to have all the people who are here for the party. Well this is better than being on the front deck where Andrew is. I take a seat on the couch on the deck and take a few breaths. Then I look up and look at the stars, its probably one in the morning but I feel fully awake now. After a few more breaths I walk back up to my room. "It was nice meeting you Crystal, I should probably start heading home." I hear Hazel say just as I reach the door way. "Okay, I can walk you to your car if you want." I say. "Okay." Hazel says walking towards the doorway. "What did you guys do while I was gone?" I ask before Hazel and I go to her car. "Oh, nothing too much, we just talked about how our school days went. How does your nose feel?" Crystal says in a mocking voice that I hate as she asked how my nose feels. "My nose feels fine." I say in tone that says not funny. "Ready?" I ask Hazel and she nods.
We walk outside onto the front deck. "Are you leaving?" My mom asks Hazel. "Yeah, I probably should be heading home." She says. I walk Hazel to her car like I said I would. We hug for a little while. "Bye, get home safe." I say with a smile. "Bye Leigh, I'll try to get home safe." She says which makes me worry a bit. "Call me when you get home okay?" I say s***h ask her. "Okay, I will." She says getting into her car and leaving. I wave and she waves back. I walk back onto the deck and my mother goes back into the house. "Have a good night Victor, I'm heading to bed." I say to Victor which is a lie because I'm going to stay up until Hazel calls. "Alright." He says. I run back into the house to my room and lock the door. I don't trust Andrew at all.
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